Jun 14 - Psalms 20-24
Psalms
1May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.2May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion.3May he remember all your sacrifices and accept your burnt offerings. Selah4May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.5We will shout for joy when you are victorious and will lift up our banners in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your requests.6Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed; he answers him from his holy heaven with the saving power of his right hand.7Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.8They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.9O LORD, save the king! Answer us when we call!
1O LORD, the king rejoices in your strength. How great is his joy in the victories you give!2You have granted him the desire of his heart and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah3You welcomed him with rich blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his head.4He asked you for life, and you gave it to him- length of days, for ever and ever.5Through the victories you gave, his glory is great; you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.6Surely you have granted him eternal blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence.7For the king trusts in the LORD; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.8Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes.9At the time of your appearing you will make them like a fiery furnace. In his wrath the LORD will swallow them up, and his fire will consume them.10You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from mankind.11Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed;12for you will make them turn their backs when you aim at them with drawn bow.13Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength; we will sing and praise your might.
1My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning?2O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent.3Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel.4In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.5They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.6But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.7All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads:8"He trusts in the LORD; let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him."9Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you even at my mother's breast.10From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother's womb you have been my God.11Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.12Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.13Roaring lions tearing their prey open their mouths wide against me.14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me.15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.16Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced my hands and my feet.17I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me.18They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.19But you, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.20Deliver my life from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.21Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen.22I will declare your name to my brothers; in the congregation I will praise you.23You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!24For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.25From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you will I fulfill my vows.26The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise him- may your hearts live forever!27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him,28for dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations.29All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him- those who cannot keep themselves alive.30Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.31They will proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn- for he has done it.
1The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.2He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,3he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.6Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
1The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;2for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.3Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in his holy place?4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false.5He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from God his Savior.6Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, O God of Jacob. Selah7Lift up your heads, O you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.8Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.9Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.10Who is he, this King of glory? The LORD Almighty- he is the King of glory. Selah